Pilot Season (comics)

[1][2] The entrants for the 2007 season were (winners in bold):[3] Over 4.1 million votes were received over the space of one month, beginning from December 17, 2007, and lasting until the closing date of January 21, 2008.

Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rick Mays continued writing duties and art for Cyblade, and released a four issue miniseries.

[15] In an interview, writer Joe Casey indicated that he had written three issues, and ChrisCross had pencilled one, before "that famous Top Cow brand of common sense disappeared into an unexpectedly bizarre rift in time and space."

He cited mass company dismissals of staff, including that of "our beloved editor", as contributing factors to the demise of the series.

[16] Following their departures from the title, Joe Casey and ChrisCross teamed up to create the DC Comics miniseries Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance.

In a press release, Marz is quoted as saying "We're going to pay off Velocity's Pilot Season win with a story that's got her literally running for her life, and the lives of her teammates.

[33] According to Mel Caylo, Top Cow Vice President of Marketing & Sales, some entrants that did not win the 2008 competition may still have a future at the company.

"While we have two, very clear winners in Twilight Guardian and Genius, voting for the other books was so fierce that it doesn't preclude us from ever doing something else with those properties down the road.